Where: Himachal Pradesh, India (31.2° N, 77.0° E: paleocoordinates 10.6° N, 71.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Subathu Group, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• from the "lower beds" of the group
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, brown, calcareous siltstone
•presumably poorly lithified because (1) sediment is described as "silt" instead of "siltstone"; (2) specimens are not shown preserved in matrix; and (3) some specimens are casts
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Collected by Barnum Brown in 1922; reposited in the AMNH
Primary reference: H. E. Vokes. 1937. Eocene Mollusca from the Subathu group (Lutetian), Simla Hills state, India. American Museum Novitates 964:1-13 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 81505: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 28.06.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Gastropoda | |
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Campanile sp. Fischer 1884 snail | |
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Gosavia ? multidentata d'Archiac and Haime 1854 volute
Gosavia humberti d'Archaic and Haime 1854 volute
"Lyria" browni n. sp. volute
Involuta cf. daviesi Cox 1931 volute | |
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Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
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Ampullella nuttalli Cox 1931 snail | |
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| Bivalvia | |
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Cardita sp. Bruguière 1792 clam | |
Discors simlaensis n. sp.
Discors simlaensis n. sp. cockle | |
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Panopea cf. intermedia Sowerby 1814 clam | |
Euphenax coxi n. sp.
Euphenax coxi n. sp. oyster | |